"A closer walk with Thee,"
implores a brass band leading
mourners in one of the city's
unique funeral processions.
At rites for clarinetist Emile
Barnes, Grand Marshal Mat
thew "Fats" Houston (right)
precedes the hearse. On the
return from the cemetery,
dirges give way to jazz.
In low, once-swampy New
Orleans, tombs rise above
ground. A vault in St. Louis
Cemetery No. 1 (left) reputedly
contains the bones of Marie
Laveau, notorious voodoo
queen. Visitors still chalk
crosses on its sides for luck.
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